Jaffar Express, carrying 440 passengers from Quetta to Peshawar, is reported to have been hijacked as bogies were derailed after militants detonated an explosive under the train's engine.

The driver of Jaffar Express, which was hijacked by Balochistan Liberation Army militants, has described the terrifying moment when the insurgents attacked the train as survivors praised the military for their rescue.

Speaking after the attack, Amjad described how the militants first detonated an explosive under the train’s engine, causing the bogies to derail

MEA official spokesperson Rahdnir Jaiswal said Pakistan should look inwards instead of pointing fingers and shifting the blame for its own internal problems and failures on to others.

The Jaffar Express hijacking by BLA militants led to a deadly 30-hour standoff, resulting in 25 deaths. Security forces successfully rescued over 300 passengers and eliminated 33 terrorists.

Pakistani security forces have launched a “full-scale” operation to rescue the remaining 190 hostages from the Jaffar Express train

A high-stakes hostage crisis continues in Pakistan as security forces struggle to free a train hijacked by Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) militants. The train, seized nearly 17 hours ago, had over 300 passengers on board,